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Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Yahoo
MN funeral for slain Border Patrol Agent David Maland held at Fort Snelling
The Brief The funeral for Border Patrol Agent David Maland is happening today. Maland, a Minnesota native, was killed during a shootout in Vermont last month. He is being buried at Fort Snelling with full military honors. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The service for slain Border Patrol Agent David Maland is happening today. Freinds and family held a service in Richfield before a funeral procession carried the remains to Fort Snelling National Cemetary. Raw footage of that procession can be viewed above. READ MORE: Cult-like group connected to murder of Minnesota-born border patrol agent Big picture view Border Patrol Agent David Maland will be buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery with full military honors. A service for Maland was held on Saturday morning in Richfield. READ MORE: 2 arrested in killing of Border Patrol Agent David Maland from MN FOX 9 will have more on this story later in the day.
Washington Post
22-02-2025
- Washington Post
Border Patrol agent whose death is tied to cultlike Zizians is being buried with military honors
MINNEAPOLIS — A U.S. Border Patrol agent whose killing in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border has been tied to a cultlike group is scheduled to be buried with full military honors Saturday at a national cemetery. David Maland, 44, died Jan. 20 during the stop on Interstate 91 in Conventry, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of the border with Canada. The driver of the stopped car is accused of opening fire on Maland and other agents, sparking a shootout that left her companion dead. Both belonged to a group called the Zizians that may be linked to six deaths in three states , investigators said.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Yahoo
Allegany County trials set for Zizians
CUMBERLAND — Trials are set to be held next month for three people connected to the Zizians, arrested on private property near Frostburg and detained in Allegany County. Maryland State Police Sunday arrested Jack LaSota, 33, Daniel Blank, 26, and Michelle Zajko, 32, off of Piney Mountain Road. 'Lasota was arrested and charged with trespassing, obstructing and hindering, firearm in vehicle; Zajko was arrested and charged with trespassing, obstructing and hindering, resisting arrest, handgun on person; Blank was arrested and charged with trespassing, obstructing and hindering,' MSP said via press release Monday. It's unknown what they were doing near Frostburg. The trio were transported to the Allegany County Detention Center for an appearance before a district court commissioner. Each of them appeared from the facility via videoconference Tuesday for a hearing at Allegany County District Court, where a judge described them as dangerous flight risks and denied their requests for bail. Their trials are set for 1 p.m. March 24 at Allegany County District Court. As of Wednesday, it was unclear whether the defendants, who are not from Maryland, had secured attorneys for the upcoming court cases. Zizians According to The Associated Press, the Zizians is 'a cultlike group connected to six killings in three states.' Members of the group 'have been tied to the death of a woman during an attack on a California landlord in November 2022, the landlord's subsequent slaying in January and the deaths of a Pennsylvania couple in between,' the AP reported. The Pennsylvania victims were the parents of Michelle Zajko. Vermont-Border Patrol Shooting FILE - This Jan. 29, 2025 photo shows a Chester Heights, Pa., home, the scene of the 2022 killing of Richard and Rita Zajko, (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) 'Most recently, the group has been linked to a highway shootout in Vermont that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent and a car passenger dead,' AP reported of Agent David Maland and a German national in the country on what the Federal Bureau of Investigation called a current visa. Guns According to VTDigger, an independent digital news organization that covers Vermont, federal authorities in that state charged Michelle Zajko, 32, with making false statements to buy three firearms in February 2024 that were later used in a fatal shooting. Border Patrol Zizians Killings This image provided by the Allegany County Sheriff's Office shows Michelle Zajko. (Allegany County Sheriff's Office via AP) Documents filed Tuesday in federal court in Burlington, Vermont, show 'two of those guns were later traced back to Teresa Youngblut, of Washington state, and Felix Bauckholt, a German national, who were involved in a Jan. 20 shootout on Interstate 91 in Coventry,' VTDigger reported. 'Bauckholt and David Maland, a border patrol agent, were killed in that incident.' According to court documents, that afternoon, after Maland pulled over a Toyota Prius with North Carolina license plates, 'Youngblut came out of the vehicle and opened fire,' the news organization reported. 'Bauckholt, a passenger in the car, also drew a gun, court records stated, but was killed before firing a shot.' Following the incident, Youngblut was found in possession of a Glock .40-caliber pistol and Bauckholt had a Smith and Wesson M&P Shield .380-caliber pistol in a holster on his waistband. 'Both guns had been purchased by Zajko on Feb. 14, 2024, according to those filings,' VTDigger reported. 'The charging documents do not describe how the guns got from Zajko to Youngblut and Bauckholt.' Interviews The Cumberland Times-News on Wednesday asked to interview LaSota, Zajko and Blank. Officials at the detention center said interview requests must be made in writing to the Allegany County Sheriff's Office. The newspaper emailed Sheriff Craig Robertson, who said he'll ask the three people if they agree to talk to the newspaper. 'It ends up being their decision,' he said. Border Patrol Zizians Killings This image provided by the Allegany County Sheriff's Office shows Jack Lasota. (Allegany County Sheriff's Office via AP) Border Patrol-Zizians Killings This image provided by the Allegany County Sheriff's Office shows Daniel Blank. (Allegany County Sheriff's Office via AP) Documentary Molly Oswaks is a producer at XTR in Los Angeles. Since its inception in 2019, XTR has produced and financed more than 80 documentaries, including 'They Call Me Magic' on AppleTV+ and MTV Documentary Films' Oscar-nominated 'Ascension,' the studio's website states. The nonfiction entertainment studio is in early development for a documentary about the Zizians. Although other documentary teams have expressed interest in the cultlike group, XTR was 'the only production company out there with a camera' at Tuesday's bail hearing, Oswaks said. XTR has partnered with Rolling Stone magazine to make the documentary. 'We have a good relationship with all the major streamers,' she said of companies, including Netflix and Prime Video. The Zizians group 'has all of the elements of a great documentary (with) stranger than fiction characters,' Oswaks said.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Yahoo
2 arrested in killing of Border Patrol Agent David Malan from MNd
The Brief Over the weekend, two people were arrested in connection to the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland. Maland, 44, is a Minnesota native, and will be laid to rest at Fort Snelling on Saturday. Meanwhile, a 34-year-old and 33-year-old face charges of possession of a handgun in a vehicle, trespassing and obstruction. (FOX 9) - Two people were arrested on Sunday in connection to the killing of U.S. border patrol agent and Minnesota native David Maland. What we know Two suspects in the killing are alleged members of a cult-like group that is believed to have had a hand in Maland's line of duty death, as well as five more homicides across Vermont, Pennsylvania and California. The Associated Press reports their group, known online as Zizians, is made up of intelligent computer scientists who have become radicalized by violent anarchist beliefs. Dig deeper The group's goal is not yet clear, but it all started in 2016 with an online blog under the persona Ziz, by a transgender woman named Jack LaSota. The blog covered topics ranging from radical veganism and gender identity to artificial intelligence. This group includes a lot of young, highly intelligent computer scientists who've become increasingly more violent. There are now six death investigations in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California tied to this group. The suspects were recently living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The alleged ringleader of the group also lived in the area. That's where the landlord and neighbors now say they saw odd behavior. They had two box trucks parked outside with electrical cords running from one of them into their place. Most recently, the FBI searched some property in North Carolina. What's next The 34-year-old and 33-year-old suspects are scheduled for a bail hearing on Tuesday morning in Allegany District Court. David Maland will be laid to rest with full military honors at Fort Snelling on Saturday.
